Brush attachment.



Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

JOSEPH T. HART, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BRUSH ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1909.

Application filed January 14, 1908. Serial No. 410,796.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. HART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brook lyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Brush Attachment, of which the followingis a spese fication.

This invention relates to sus ension devices for paint, varnish andsimiliar brushes and has for its object to provide a com aratively simle and inexpensive device o" this character' y means of which a paintbrush may be suspended from the rim of a ail or similar containingvessel with the brist es immersed in the paint or other material therebyto maintain the bristles in a soft pliable condition and prevent thesame from resting on the bottom of the vessel and becoming bent orotherwise forced out of shape.

A further object of the invention is to provide a brush attachmentcomprising a s ring loop or bridle which encircles the brist es of thebrush and is provided with a vertically disposed arm terminating in adepending hook for engagement with the rim of a pail or pot, said armbeing provided with a laterally extendin attaching fin er which piercesthe handle, ling plug, an ferrule of the brush and serves to retain thebridle in position and at the same time assists in preventing accidental displacement of the plug and brush handle.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve thisclass of devices so as to increase their utility, durability andefficiency as well as to reduce the cost of man ufacture.

Further ob'ects and advantages will apear in the foliowing description,it being unerstood that various changes in form, proportions and minordetails of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the apended claim.

n the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure1 is a side elevation of a paint brush provided with an attachmentconstructed in accordance with my invention, showing the brush suspendedfrom the rim of a pail, the pail being shown in section. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view. Fi 3 is a perspective view of the devicedetac ed.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of thefigures of the drawings.

The improved device forming the subject matter of the present inventionis principally designed for attachment to paint, var nish and similarbrushes and by way of illustration is shown in connection with a paintbrush of the ordinary construction in which 4 designates the handle, 5the filler or plug, 6 the ferrule and 7 the bristles. interposed betweenthe butt end of the handle and ierrule, as shown.

The attachment is preferably formed of a single piece of spring wire anintermediate ortion of which is bent to form a spring oop or bridle 8adapted to encircle the bristles beneath the ferrule the ends of thewire after the loop is formed being intertwisted and extended upwardlyto form a vertically disposed arm 9, one end of the wire being bentdownwardly in parallel relation to the arm 9 to form a depending susension hook 10 while the opposite en of t ie wire is bent at rightangles to the arm 9 to form a horizontally dis osed attaching finger 10which pierces the errule 6, filling plug 5 and the adjacent portion ofthe operating handle 4 thereby to retain the attachment in position onthe brush and also to assist in reventing accidental displacenient oftheiiandle and plug.

The attaching finger 10 preferably extends entirely across the brush andpierces transversely alined o enings 11 formed in the ferrule 6, but ifesired said attaching finger after piercing the plu and end of thehandle may terminate us with the adacent wall of the latter withoutdeparting rom the spirit of the invention.

By extending the attachin finger transversely through the fer-rule, lingplug and handle, however, the usual escutcheon pins may be dispensedwith.

Attention is here called to the fact that the dependin spring arm 9serves to normally and yie dably support the bridle 8 in alinement withthe ferrule so as to return the bristles to their proper place aftereach stroke of the brush.

The hook 1() by engagement with the upper rim of the ail 12 serves tosuspend the brush within te pail with the lower portion thereof immersedin the paint or other material, thereby to keep the bristles in a softpliable condition and prevent said bristles from resting on the bottomof the vessel and becoming bent or otherwise forced out of shape.

It will of course be understood that the loops or bridles 8 may be madein different sizes and sha es to conform to the particular style of brusies to which they are attached, the bridle shown in the present instancebein' for the purpose of illustration only.

While the attachment is shown in connection with a paint brush employinga plug or filler it is obvious that the same may be used in connectionwith brushes in which the filling lugs are omitted, Without departingfrom t e spirit of the invention.

The device is extremely simple in construction and may be readilyattached to paint brushes now in use Without the necessity of changingor otherwise altering the construction of the same.

From the foregoing descri tion it will be seen that there is provide anextremely simple, inexpensive and efficient device admirably adapted forthe attainment of the ends in View.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

A device of the class described comprisin a body portion formed of asingle plece o wire, an intermediate portion of which is bent to producea single wall loop, the ends of the wire bein thence intertwisted andextended upward y to form a vertically disposed spring arm, one end ofthe Wire after the arm is formed being extended down- Wardly outside ofthe loop to produce a depending suspension hook and the other end of theWire being extended parallel with the loop to form a laterallyprojecting attaching iinger.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH T. HART.

Witnesses:

J. E. BENNETT, E. E. CoLBY.

